Schermerhorn, lifelong resident of Springfield, recalls the city in the early and mid 20th century: family life, growing up, the race riot of 1908, Dome Building fire at the fairgrounds, downtown Springfield, Lincoln Law School, and Charles Street....

Check from Swenson Brothers to Ferd C. Baumann [sic] , Village Collector, for taxes on College Hill properties. Check is for $46,430.84. It is a photograph of the check in photograph of Ernest E. Ellington and Fred L. Bauman. The check was signed...

William Warfield was born in Uniontown, Ohio, and upon coming to Quincy in 1866, became the founder of a wholesale grocery business, the Warfield Grocer Company. In later years he was president of the Wellman and Dwire Tobacco Co., as well as the...

The Story of the Illinois State Bank of Quincy booklet, 21 pages. Contains historical information and information about a new [1956] renovation to the building on the corner of Sixth and Hampshire, photographs of current board members and...